17 killed in clashes in Tajikistan
Eight police officers and nine alleged militants were killed in two shootouts in Tajikistan yesterday that the government blamed on a deputy defence minister and the country's moderate Islamic opposition. An armed group killed four police in an early morning shootout on the outskirts of the capital Dushanbe and a further four policemen were killed in a shootout in the town of Vahdat just outside the capital, said the interior ministry.
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